Carol is a top runner, coached by her father day and night. Then she meets Angie, the punk new girl, and the two become friends, eating hamburgers at "The Armpit" where Angie has to work after school. They give each other lots of support and together do things Carol has only dreamed of. Carol begins to rebel and plans a new life for herself. But the all-important race is coming up — and Carol has to give it all she's got.

Susan has just moved to a new part of town. It's school holidays and she goes to practice her skills at the local roller rink. Buzz, the Prince of the Rink, spots the talented newcomer and moves in on her. Susan joins Buzz and his gang, but she doesn't know what she is letting herself in for. Boyfriends, girlfriends, going steady and breaking up. Life can be very painful when you're thirteen.

Quest Beyond Time

Mike loves hang gliding, but one day a freak wind strikes and he crash lands, finding himself surrounded by strange people in rags who call him the "man from the sky" and believe he can cure "The Sickness." Mike has somehow flown to a post-nuclear holocaust Australia, 500 years in the future!

The Paper Boy

Producer: Jane Ballantyne
Writer: Bob Ellis
Director: Paul Cox

Starring

Christopher Schlusser as Joe Riordan

Tony Llewellyn-Jones as John Riordan

Linden Wilkinson as Elise Riordan

George Trotman as Mr. Crabtree

Maurie Fields as Mr. O'Brien

Barry Dickens as Beggar

David Argue as Communist Agitator

John Flaus as Communist Speaker

Tunji Beier as Larger Newsboy

Julia Blake as Reformed Sinner

Kyra Cox as Riordan Family

Lucy Angwin as Riordan Family

Toby Angwin as Riordan Family

Brad Hudson as Smaller Newsboy

Norman Kaye as Tramp

Bob Ellis as Well-dressed Man

It's December 1932 and it's going to be a bleak Christmas for the Riordens when Joe's dad gets the sack from his job. The money that 13-year-old Joe gets from selling papers is all they have. When Joe and his dad have a fight, Joe leaves home vowing never to return. He lives on the streets, battling with his wits and his fists as he gets to know the city and its characters. The downs-and-outs, the communist agitators, the Sallies, old Harry and his mate…

Ben's father gives him "The Facts of Life" but Ben hits his dad with much tougher questions than that old birds-and-bees stuff. Like, why are some people starving? Dad can't answer. Ben starts a one-boy crusade to make the world right. And reaps the consequences.

Top Kid

Producer: Jane Scott
Writer: Bob Ellis
Director: Carl Schultz

Starring

Emil Minty as Gary

Garry McDonald as Freddie Brooks

Harold Hopkins as Jack Doyle

Rebecca Smart as Jennie Nelson

Peter Whitford as Mr. Donaldson

Michele Fawdon as Mrs. Doyle

Rhys McConnochie as Headmaster

Basil Clarke as Brother Basil

Joss McWilliam as Brother Kennedy

Gary is a bright boy, a bit too bright for his own good, as the other kids try to prove by beating him up regularly after school. Then he goes on a quiz show and suddenly fame and fortune are within his reach. Until the sponsors start to rig the show and Gary has to make a very difficult decision.

At her 14th birthday party, Lindy wishes she knew her actual birth date. But only her real parents would know, and they're both dead. Or so Lindy and her Australian family believe until the letter from her natural father arrives. Now Lindy must decide between two families and two futures, between Australia and Vietnam.

Tarflowers

Producer: Tom Jeffrey
Writer: Terry Larsen

Starring

David Woloszko as Kevin

Joan Lord as Mrs. Pearl

Robin Cuming as Alec

Pat Thomson as Alison

Max Fairchild as Bruiser

Ken Snodgrass as Don

Richard Gilbert as Guy

Vanessa Goddard as Mary

John Stone as Mr. Guspin

Sheila Kennelly as Mrs. Tinsley

Jill Clayton as Nan

Les Foxcroft as Pop

David Jay as Sid

Fotis Pelekis as Theo

Justine Byrne as Policeman

Garbage night is magic, and so is Kev's job. It's an important job, and if he and Big Dog didn't do it, who would? Mrs Pearl catches stray people like the dogcatcher catches dogs, and every garbage night she and Bruiser hunt Kev through the streets of Newtown. But Kev's friend Mary and his mother, Alison, know that Tarflowers really are magic and that Kev isn't as dumb as Mrs. Pearl thinks.